Italian Sausage Spaghetti

This Italian sausage spaghetti is perfect for busy nights. This pasta dish combines pantry staples with fresh ingredients to make a delicious dinner the whole family will enjoy.

The spaghetti sauce is made with jarred pasta sauce but we add a special touch with onions, lots of garlic, fire-roasted tomatoes and flavorful Italian sausage.

We serve our pasta with a hearty piece of this easy-to-make homemade garlic bread. Give it a try if you have a little extra time on your hands.

Pasta is always a go-to for weeknight dinners. It’s a family favorite, affordable and easy to make. To keep things interesting, and keep boredom at bay, we need to mix things up. Well, the flavors in this Italian sausage spaghetti are bold and a nice change of pace. Here are 10 more easy pasta recipes to work into your dinner routine.

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Prep work

The prep work for this dish is pretty straight forward. Half of the ingredients are pantry staples, so we’re just opening up some cans. The rest is just as easy.

Dice the onions, do a fine dice so they practically dissolve in the sauce.

Mince the garlic.

Measure the oregano and open the cans.

If you’re using sausage links instead of bulk, the remove the sausage from the casings. Use a sharp knife tip and run it along the sausage lengthwise. Remove the casing and tear the sausage into small pieces. This will make it much easier to break up the sausage once it hits the skillet.

Make the pasta sauce

Heat the olive oil in a large, deep skillet or pot over medium heat. Add the onions. Cook approximately 3-4 minutes, until they start to soften and become translucent. Stir frequently so they don’t burn.

Next, add the sausage to the skillet and raise the heat to medium-high. Stir the sausage while breaking up any large pieces with a wooden spoon or a spatula. Cook for approximately 5 minutes until browned.

Add the pasta sauce, diced tomatoes and beef broth to the sausage and stir well. Bring the sauce to a simmer, lower heat to medium-low and cover. Cook the sausage pasta sauce for 30-35 minutes, stirring occasionally. Keep the sauce at a simmer. If it starts boiling too vigorously, lower the heat a little bit.

Taste the tomato sauce and add salt, if needed. Don’t add salt to the sauce until it’s done. The sausage, pasta sauce, canned tomatoes and beef broth all contain salt already. As a reference we did not add extra salt to ours.

Cook the spaghetti

When the sauce is almost done cook the spaghetti according to package directions for al dente. Add 1-2 tablespoons of salt to the water before dropping in the pasta.

Drain the spaghetti well, serve with the Italian sausage sauce and garnish with a little chopped parsley, if desired.

Italian Sausage Spaghetti

This Italian sausage spaghetti is perfect for busy nights. It comes together quickly and combines pantry staples with fresh ingredients to make a delicious dinner the whole family will enjoy.

Prep Time10mins

Cook Time45mins

Total Time55mins

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Keyword: easy pasta recipes, Italian sausage, spaghetti recipes

Servings: 8

Calories: 463kcal

Author: Elizabeth

Ingredients

1tablespoonOlive Oil

1Small Onionfinely diced

3-5Garlic Clovesminced

½teaspoonDried Oregano

1poundMild Italian Sausagecasings removed and torn into small pieces or use bulk sausage

24ounceJar Pasta Saucemeatless (use your favorite brand and variety)

14ouncesFire Roasted Diced Tomatoes

1cupBeef Broth

16ouncesSpaghetticooked to package directions for al dente

1-2tablespoonsSalt for the Pasta Water

Chopped Parsley for garnishoptional

Instructions

Heat the olive oil in a large, deep skillet or pot over medium heat. Add the onions, cook approximately 3-4 minutes, stirring frequently.

Add the garlic and oregano and cook 1 minute, stirring frequently.

Add the sausage, raise the heat to medium-high and cook for 5 minutes while stirring and breaking up any large pieces with a wooden spoon or a spatula.

Add the pasta sauce, diced tomatoes and beef broth to the sausage and stir well. Bring the sauce to a simmer, lower heat to medium-low and cover. Cook the sauce for 30-35 minutes, stirring occasionally. Keep the sauce at a simmer. If it starts boiling too vigorously, lower the heat.

Taste the tomato sauce and add salt, if needed. As a reference we did not add extra salt to ours.

When the sauce is almost done, cook the spaghetti according to package directions for al dente. Remember to salt the water before dropping in the pasta.

Drain the spaghetti, serve it with the Italian sausage sauce and garnish with chopped parsley, if desired.